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Social Security For Them Is A Burning Issue Organising Gig workers, Platform based workers is perhaps the most difficult task in the world. The governments…
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The recent Bombay High Court judgement striking down ‘rotational employment of temporary workers’ at Bajaj Auto is a welcome development. Call it an unfair labour…
![A Hard Look at the Industrial Relations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MarcusSpiske-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
There are several external factors influence industrial relations. Let us take a quick look at them. The first factor which affects industrial relations is the…
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“Watching Mahabharat, eh?” Lulu, my parrot, flew in and landed on the chair next to me. Just in case you do not know, parrots have…
![The Terrible Life Of Temporary Workers](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Job750.png?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
I was speaking to a union committee member at Bosch. In his mid-forties, he was a cheerful person. We discussed his career with the company….
![Why HR Managers and CEOs Must Give Contract Labour a Fresh Thought](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Workers-Unrest750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
[The author of this article is Mr Sharad Patil, the former Director General of The Employers Federation of India. HR Managers and CEOs alike listen…
![Anomie in Industrial Relations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Exploitation-Labour.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
I published the story of Rajendra Vighe. It was captioned ‘The Contracts of Exploitation.’ In this post I take the story further to explain how…
![Labour Reforms Must Mean Economic Development](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Labour-Reform-Conference.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
I would like to begin this address by thanking CII for inviting me to deliver the Keynote address on ‘Labour Reforms at Policy Level.’ I…
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The Maharashtra Government has amended the Contract Labour Act, presumably as a part of labour law reforms. But it appears to have outsourced thinking to…
![We Asked For Workers; We Got People Instead!](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Labour-Demonstrations-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
[Address at the IR Conference of Bosch India Ltd. At Goa on Sept 30, 2016] Friends, At the outset I thank you for inviting me…